28 August 2007

Conveyancers review update

I promised to update on my use of a cut price conveyancing solicitor, and today I read a review of a similar experience to my own. A Buy to Let Landlord has been using one of the firms through conveyancingbrokers.co.uk and they have related how the first transactions went well, but later the company service suffered through short staffing. It is always worth checking with the broker that a firm is still performing to standard before proceeding.

25 August 2007

Pix of you

If your nearest and dearest is miles away - or even if not - you can still cuddle up next to them by getting their image printed online on to one of the new Photo Blankets which seem to be the next big thing in photographic printing. When you order Picture Blanket the photo or digital image is professionally dyed into the blanket fabric using the latest production technology. This means the fabric texture remains the same, and the picture won't fade! The blanket feels just as normal and you can wash it again and again - your photo stays there and will not wash off. These Personalized Photo Blankets are on sale at really low prices, and could save you hours of stress in choosing presents.

22 August 2007

Relief from worry

Online financial advice sites are just there to sell you more loans - right? Well, not always: it is true that the Clear Debt Solutions site offers consolidation loans to help you find a way to reduce your monthly loan payments, but it also offers something more than that - routes to more permanent methods of Debt Relief. On the website, Clear Debt Solution explains the pros and cons of different methods of debt settlement and negotiation. If you have so many outstanding debts that you do not know where to turn, you can find clear help and advice here.

The things you can learn on this site about the different types of credit agreements and bills that people incur can help you manage your money better in the future. You can find out how to get out of debt, and stay out of debt. The most obvious rout to the anxiety of mounting debts is through running up credit bills with their crazy rates of interest if you leave just one cent outstanding in a month. Find out whether Credit Card Consolidation is the best solution for you: all the advice on this site is free and it could save you tone of worry as well as cash.

20 August 2007

This week I wrote an article explaining how you can get a free Adsense Wordpress Plugin. This is an easy way to automate your Adsense Ad placement in your Wordpress posts with a simple plugin. You can also block Adense ads appearing in certain post - this is essential if you are writing sponsored posts - your paying client does not want to see other people's ads appearing in the middle of their paid link. You can also use this plugin to automate your Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads if you are publishing them on your Wordpress blog. At the moment YPN is open to US publishers only in its beta testing phase.

19 August 2007

Accepting cards

It really does not give a very professional image for a new business if it cannot accept card payments. If you are in face to face retail, the lack of card facilities is simply embarrassing but if you are trying to trade online, you must be able to accept cards or your business will simply not survive. The big processors are not very welcoming to new businesses, because the often require you to have a track record before you can get a merchant account approved.

Fortunately there are card processing companies who understand that this is a Catch 22 situation and they have stepped in to fill the breach. For online e-commerce sites, new high street shops or neighbourhood restaurants it is now much easier to be able to pay you using pay with Visa, Master Card or American Express. This has to increase your turnover and profits - it is proven that customers often spend as much as forty per cent more on a card transaction than they would if they paid by cash.

Whether you are a new business or if you operate in a high risk sector they can offer a solution to get you up and running with electronic payments, fast. There are lots of companies who fall into this category in the eyes of financial institutions: internet stores, adult entertainment providers, gambling firms, even travel agencies are usually considered to be higher risk and do not qualify for regular merchant services from the large providers.

10 August 2007

Traveller

Now that I am living outside a large city I am more interested in the powers of a four wheel drive vehicle as the possibilities of off-road driving are much better around here. I have noticed that the isuzu suv is very popular and it is obvious why that is. You get a lot for your money! The vehicle is packed to the brim with features that just make everything come together beautifully whether you are driving the urban daily run or enjoying the vehicle's capabilities at the weekend. No matter whether you fill your car with kids or a mixed family group, this car can take it all in its stride. The ascender five seater give you all you could ask from an SUV. To personalise it to your own style you can include the option packages that offer all the amenities you might wish for. But even without those the Ascender 5-seater is an SUV that brings all the power you need, while at the same time giving a supreme luxurious ride.

02 August 2007

Fitting Out

My niece runs a shop owned by a large retail chain and they change their point of sale systems around once a year - the latest version is incredibly sophisticated. The reason they invest this way is that effective point of sale systems save a retailer time and money and keeps track of stock situations, even prompting reorders automatically. A pos system can cut down on paperwork and staff and account for all stock so that employees cannot steal without being exposed. How do small businesses afford these types of systems? The good news is that when a big firm updates its systems the used pos equipment comes on to the market. There is nothing wrong with it, and the savings to be made are massive. You can set your shop up withibm pos equipment for as little as half the cost of the newest range, and you can then get all the benefits outlined for your enterprise.

01 August 2007

Alternative help

Several of my family suffer from arthritis and repetitive strain injury and these conditions are difficult to help. The pain is chronic and all that conventional medicine seems to offer are anti-inflammatories and steroids, both of which have negative side effects. We have been checking out colloidal silver – a substance derived from introducing pure silver to a positive charge – as a possible natural therapy for the symptoms of arthritis. The symptoms of arthritis arise from an immune system reaction which causes inflammation in the tissues of the joints. What this means is that the body is fighting itself and the result is painful. Colloidal silver acts naturally with the body to boost the immune system. Instead of fighting itself the body starts to act to cure the imbalance and heal the tissue damage. Since the conventional remedies are fairly ineffective we are giving a trial to the natural properties of silver instead.